Furman Center Releases New Report on Racial Segregation and Subprime Lending

Research & Policy | November 19th 2009

On November 19, 2009, the Furman Center released a new report examining the relationship between residential segregation and subprime lending.  The study examined whether the likelihood that borrowers of different races received a subprime loan varied depending on the level of racial segregation.  It looked both at the role of racial segregation in metropolitan areas across the country and at the role that neighborhood demographics within communities in New York City played.  The report found that, nationally, black borrowers living in the most racially segregated metropolitan areas were more likely to receive subprime loans than black borrowers living in the least racially segregated metropolitan areas.  When looking just at New York City neighborhood demographics, the report found that living in a predominantly non-white neighborhood made it more likely that borrowers of all races would receive a subprime loan. View the press release.

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